Let's call a spade, a spade here. Wikia is doing the right thing; legally and morally.
Anyone who is dissuaded by DOB field wasn't likely to be a major contributor anyway. Most folks who find this intrusive usually fill it out with bogus info, as do young children who know they must be over 13 to participate. I know this from years upon years of experience in many widely-varied online communities. I don't see this as a major (or minor) roadblock for Wikia's continued success. Perhaps a more prominent link as to why exactly this is being asked wouldn't hurt; it certainly won't appease privacy fanatics, however. Nothing will. Ever. No sense investing more time / money in working around a non-issue. Kind regards, -- Jamie Hari Editor-in-Chief Marvel & DC Database Projects On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 8:08 PM, John Beckett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > You'll need to do something about this if you want to build up the > community! > > I suppose that many under-twenties are used to being asked DOB and don't > think about > it. But if I may speak for the older-but-wiser crowd, being asked for > sensitive > personal info is a BIG turn off. > > I'm not talking about some hesitation to reveal my age. It's the WTF/MYOB > factor: > Why is Wikia asking that? What will they do with my info? Where is the > privacy > policy promising to protect my info? What about identify theft > implications? It's > just creepy! > > I know Wikia people are busy, but even a brief explanation on the > registration page > would help reduce the "creepy" factor. You would need a bit more than > "legal > requirement" -- an explanation should make sense. Are you saying there may > be adult > content on some wikis? Does your system block a young user from accessing > that adult > content? Does the software block all young people from logging on? It > sounds like > collecting DOB will just compound any liability. > > If it is inexplicable but a genuine requirement as per Gil's enigmatic > comment, you > need a link to a page explaining that. > > Sorry for being argumentative, but I think it's important for the > community, and if > I can't understand the explanation, many users won't. > > John > > _______________________________________________ > Wikia-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l >
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